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technology to applied practitioners
and development of research programmes
that truly address urgent
issues;
• To provide geoscientists in all areas
of professional practice and at all
stages of their careers with practical
guidance and support on professional
matters;
• To continue and increase over time
the provision of symposia and technical
sessions to allow for exchange
and knowledge transfer at IGCs and
other events for those involved in,
and impacted by, the evolution of
professionalism in the geosciences.
Examples of such exchanges are:
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The European Federation of Geologists
sponsored workshop “Issues
for geologists in the 21st century –
mitigation of man’s influence and
serving society’s needs”, held at
33IGC in Oslo in 2008; and
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The symposium on “Strengthening
communication between fundamental
and applied geosciences and
between geoscientists and public”,
held at 34IGC in Brisbane in 2012
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In addition, the sponsoring
organisations for this proposed
Task Group have collaborated on
International Professional Geology
Conferences held every four years,
the most recent being in Vancouver,
Canada in January 2012, under
the theme “Earth Science – Global
Practice”.
• To act as a resource to members of
IUGS, and others, of material and
speakers to present to geoscience
groups – in particular young Earth
scientists - around the world on
professional practice and registration
matters (including geoscience
practice standards and guidelines,
and reporting standards, codes of
ethics and conduct, and professional
registration.)
The sponsors of the new TG are:
• European Federation of Geologists
(EFG)
• Geoscientists Canada
• American Institute of Professional
Geologists (AIPG)
• Australian Institute of Geoscientists
(AIG)
• South African Council for Natural
Scientific Professions (SACNSP)
• El Colegio de Geólogos de Bolivia
(College of Geologists of Bolivia)
The EFG office in Brussels has agreed
to serve as the initial secretariat for the
Task Group, and the office of Geoscientists
Canada in Vancouver has agreed to
be responsible for setting up and maintaining
the website. One of the first actions will
be to broaden the geographical basis of the
group and to increase its communication.
We will continue to inform you on the progresses
of the Task Group in the following
issues of the GeoNews.
PERC
The Pan-European Reserves & Resources
Reporting Committee, PERC, is the European
equivalent of the Australasian JORC,
SAMREC in South Africa and similar
reserves reporting standards bodies in the
USA, Canada, and Chile, and with them is
a constituent member of the Committee for
Mineral Reserves International Reporting
Standards (CRIRSCO - www.crirsco.com).
Representation on PERC covers major and
minor mining sectors, industrial minerals,
aggregates, coal, the investment and
financial community and the professional
accreditation organizations, including the
Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining
(IOM3), the European Federation of Geologists,
the Geological Society of London, and
the Institute of Geologists of Ireland.
The PERC reporting standard is recognized
by ESMA (the European Securities
and Markets Authority), together with
other CRIRSCO-aligned standards, for
use in reporting mineral reserves, mineral
resources, and exploration results on markets
within the European Union, and is also
accepted for reporting on stock exchanges
in Canada. Because of the close similarity
of all the CRIRSCO-aligned reporting
standards, including the same classification
system and the same set of standard definitions,
it is also very simple to translate
reports from one standard to another.
Since December 2011, a caretaker crew
of PERC officials composed by Paul Gribble
(acting secretary), Ruth Allington (acting
treasurer) and Stephen Henley (acting
chairman), and a few others have been
preparing the reconstitution of PERC in a
new formal structure and the relocation of
the organization to Brussels.
A revised constitution for the new PERC
has been prepared to replace the old ‘terms
of reference’ and to provide a formal framework
within which it will work in future,
established as a Belgian not-for-profit nongovernmental
organization. According to
these new statutes there now exists a ‘core’
membership nominated by and representing
the four parent organizations, with four
members for each organization. These four
parent organizations are the European Federation
of Geologists (EFG), the Institute of
Materials Minerals and Mining (IMMM),
the Geological Society of London (GSL) and
the Institute of Geologists of Ireland (IGI).
The list of members is currently being completed
by a list of ‘Special Adviser’ members
representing the industry sector.
According to the agreements with PERC,
EFG provides an accommodation address
and office facilities. Furthermore, EFG currently
provides to PERC secretarial and
administrative services with regard to the
creation of the new not-for-profit organisation
under Belgian law which is likely to be
fully constituted by the end of 2012.
More information: www.perc.co
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